CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela will hunt down and jail leaders of violent protests that have rocked the country since April, its new top prosecutor said on Thursday, a day before a hate crimes law was expected to be approved despite fears that it will be used to crush dissent.

CNBCWhite House jitters and Barcelona terror attack weigh on Asian shares; Nikkei falls 1%CNBCAsia markets were pressured in Friday trade after investors on Wall Street sold off on growing uncertainty over the Trump administration's ability to follow through on its economic policies. Risk off trade from the U.S. session followed through into ...US equities fall on political turmoil and terrorFinancial TimesRisk assets rattled by Wall Street sell-offNasdaqall 6 news articles »

BARCELONA (Reuters) - Spain mounted a sweeping anti-terror operation on Friday after a suspected Islamist militant drove a van into crowds in Barcelona, killing 13 people before fleeing, in what police suspect was one of multiple planned attacks.

Independent.ieEuro drops on ECB fears the currency is now too strongIndependent.ieThe euro's gains against currencies including the dollar and the pound have been enough to alarm European Central Bank policymakers, who fear the currency could overshoot beyond levels justified by growth. The concerns were raised when rate-setters ...Euro slides on ECB currency concerns - as it happenedThe GuardianEuropean Markets Declined As Financials Wobble On Fed Rate Hike ConcernsNasdaqEuro falls after minutes show ECB concern at strengthFinancial TimesThe Australian Financial Review -Bloomberg -MarketWatch -Times of Indiaall 150 news articles »

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and Japan will step up their defense cooperation to deal with the threat from nuclear-armed North Korea as tensions in East Asia remain high, officials from the two allies said on Thursday.

KABUL (Reuters) - Navigating a chaotic maze of cars and people, the convoy of British army armored vehicles weaves slowly through Kabul. The job of about a dozen soldiers is to protect just two international advisers on their way to meet Afghan soldiers.

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts (Reuters) - A grandson of Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore’s late founding father and ruler for more than three decades, said he left the city state in July after friends expressed concerns he might be detained by the authorities in a contempt of court case.

BBC NewsSalmon sales surge as UK food exports hit record highBBC NewsSales of British salmon helped the UK export a record amount of food and drink in the first half of the year, according to industry figures. Exports of the fish jumped more than 53% by value to £408m, the Food and Drink Federation (FDF) said. UK food ...Britain's food exports up by £10bn despite Brexit fearsThe Timesall 4 news articles »

Reddit today announced it was rolling out a native video player, meaning Reddit users can upload their footage directly to the site as opposed to an outside service. Redditors will be able to upload videos up to 15 minutes in length, and 1 GB or less in size. You can upload from both desktop and mobile apps. When you start playing a video, it will remain pinned to a corner of your screen while you scroll, and will keep playing. Reddit will also be rolling out a GIF-making tool that can be used in conjunction with video. My first thought…...

Bitcoin today reached an all-time high, surging past $4,500 for the first time. The cryptocurrency has more than quadrupled in value since December, and experts are beginning to get nervous. Peter Schiff, a longtime opponent to the idea that cryptocurrency has any long-term potential, decries this moment as further evidence that Bitcoin is a bubble about to burst. If you believe him, it’s time to get out, and sooner is better than later. Schiff spoke to CoinDesk and dismissed the promise of Bitcoin as hyperbole: There’s certainly a lot of bullishness about Bitcoin and cryptocurrency, and that’s the case with…...

TORONTO/MONTREAL (Reuters) - The number of asylum seekers who illegally crossed the U.S. border into Canada more than tripled last month, according to Canadian government data released on Thursday, as migrants worried about the U.S. administration's immigration crackdown head north.

Researchers from the University of Oxford have developed a method for 3D printing tissues and organs with greater structural integrity, detail, and precision. Their technique allows for the 3D printing of more complex tissues and cartilage, which could potentially be used to repair or replace damaged parts of the body.
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LG has always been a bit of an oddball when it comes to smartphone design. Sometimes its designs are too wacky for the mainstream, others they’re too boring. Even the G6, which uses the oh-so-common metal frame and glass back look, was somewhat reserved compared to the competition. But the V30 actually looks pretty gorgeous. Ever-reliable leaker Evan Blass shared the clearest look at the device we’ve seen yet, showing it from virtually all sides. It looks like the G6 and S8 had a baby, but LG seems to actually have slightly smaller bezels, and the rounded camera looks better…...

Gaming (and gamers, for that matter) seem to be obsessed with reliving the past. The nostalgia bubble is strong right now, but when it bursts, it might harm the industry as a whole. Unless you’ve been living primarily for the indie releases, you might have noticed gaming has a bit of a throwback problem. Indeed, if the gaming industry hearkens to its past more often, it risks turning into a time machine. Will gaming still be able to release the artistic touchstones so many of us will love and remember if it’s currently preoccupied with reviving the ones we already…...

Increasing NAD+ levels in adults is the most promising chemical solution to aging, and Elysium Health has created a supplement that allegedly increases those levels by 40 percent. The supplement is called Basis, and its arrival on the market just might be one of the most significant steps towards turning back the clock to date.
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The Moray Council has approved plans for a 20MW solar farm in the Scottish Highlands. Once completed, the farm will be the largest in the nation, and it will contribute significantly to the country's renewable energy efforts.
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Ford is one of the oldest automobile manufacturers in the world, and possibly the most forward-thinking. Its CEO is serious about leading the competition, when it comes to the autonomous vehicle-powered future of transportation. When the 114 year old company announced, earlier this year, that it was promoting its head of driverless cars to CEO it signaled a pretty optimistic outlook for what many experts consider an over-hyped field. It’s easy to imagine the company’s founder faced a similar against-the-current dilemma when he started considering mass production in a time when craftsmanship was a buzzword. The current CEO of Ford,…...

BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan (Reuters) - One U.S. soldier was killed and around 20 U.S. and Afghan troops were wounded during a push against Islamic State fighters in Afghanistan, officials said on Thursday, as Washington wrestled with a months-long debate about the 16-year-old war.

A new study shows that renewables, particularly solar and wind energy, have significantly improved air quality in the United States from 2007 to 2015. The increased use of solar and wind resulted in thousands of lives saved.
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Both Kurzweil and the 2045 program have predicted the state of machine-human singularity being achieved by 2045, but what are the methods of achieving such an end and what are the consequences of doing so?
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Buildings could soon be able to convert the sun's energy into electricity without the need for solar panels.
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Investigators at the Harbin Institute of Technology in China have developed a new inlet design for CHTs that significantly increases thrust.
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Micromotors the width of a single strand of human hair have been used to administer antibiotics to the stomach of mice suffering from a bacterial infection.
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The GuardianBunnings beware: the Homebase revolution is failing to shape upThe GuardianThe strangest acquisition in the retailing sector in the past couple of years was the £340m purchase of Homebase by Wesfarmers of Australia. It was odd in many ways. First, nobody had been able to make decent money from Homebase in years. Second ...Bunnings hits a snag as it tries to expand in the UKStuff.co.nzBunnings delivers for Wesfarmers as Coles earnings slideBusiness InsiderHomebase rebrand hits Bunnings's bottom lineThe TimesSeeking Alpha -Belfast Telegraph -The West Australian -Appliance Retailerall 20 news articles »

As China moves closer to building a working quantum communications network, the possibility of a quantum internet becomes more and more real. But what does having a quantum internet mean?
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Scientists have discovered a technique for removing extra sex chromosomes in stem cells and producing fertile offspring in mice. If they can transfer this technique to use in humans, men with chromosomal infertility may be able to have children.
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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African police have put a "red alert" on the country's borders to prevent any attempted flight by Zimbabwean first lady Grace Mugabe, who is accused of assaulting a model in a Johannesburg hotel with an electric cable.

Facebook has been doubling down on fighting clickbait articles in the past year, but now the company is addressing video clickbait too. One of the more popular ways spammers trick people is by using a fake play button. It’s a simple enough strategy: share an article with a play button as the featured image, and people will think its a video when scrolling through their feed. They might even wonder why it’s not auto-playing as usual and click on it to make sure everything is working. Other times, scammers will post a static image in video format to try and…...

A team of researchers from the University of California, Riverside have developed a method that could help patients with post-traumatic stress disorder. It may even be possible to erase memories triggering severe fear.
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If you’ve ever thrown your arms up in despair over your email inbox Newton is the app for you. The company today released its popular email app on Windows, making it available for a large portion of the business world. Newton tries to simplify everything about interacting with email, and it mostly succeeds. It has a tiny bit of a learning curve, but this is due to its departure from the standard web-clients most of us are used to. It certainly isn’t difficult to navigate: It feels like Newton is trying to make me forget it’s there, and that’s a…...

Instagram’s Direct messages are becoming a bit more powerful. Following the addition of threaded conversations earlier this week, you can now directly reply to specific individual photos or videos shared with you with your own media Basically, when you tap the reply button on a photo or video in Direct, it will show up as a sticker onto which you can overlay your reaction. It’s kind of hard to put into words, so a screengrab will do a better job of explaining it: You can also show the sticker in a split screen view, or draw on it, because who…...

While researching superconductive materials, scientists from the Los Alamos National Laboratory found evidence of a new state of matter. The discovery could give us more insight into these remarkable materials, which are able to transfer energy with zero electrical resistance.
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The Voyager probes each contain a copy of Frank Drake's pulsar map, which could lead intelligent life back to Earth. The map was made several years prior to the launches of either spacecraft.
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MIT's project Materiable is made up of a grid of white plastic pins that are designed to mimic various haptic properties such as elasticity, viscosity and flexibility.
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Financial TimesDrilling begins on first UK shale well for six yearsFinancial TimesDrilling has started on the first UK shale well for six years even as debate intensifies among geologists over how much gas is available for fracking. Cuadrilla, the company leading the push to bring US-style shale gas production to the UK, said on ...Fracking: Shale rock professor says UK gas reserves 'hyped'BBC NewsUK fracking may produce less fuel than claimed, says geologistThe GuardianFracking: UK shale gas is 'overhyped' and 'unlikely' to be economically viable, research indicatesTelegraph.co.ukLancashire Evening Post -Reuters -The Engineer -The Scotsmanall 52 news articles »

What now feels like a very long time ago (it was in fact only April 2016, but VR has come a long way since then) I met Linden Lab CEO Ebbe Altberg at their San Francisco HQ to chat about what was then called “Project Sansar”, their ambitious social VR platform. Much like “The Facebook” in tech less is often more, so the “Project” bit has since been dropped, and Sansar has now opened to the public in Beta following a closed creator preview earlier this year. Until now, complexity and cost has limited who could create and publish in…...

Researchers have established a new method of controlling the movements of mice in an attempt to better understand the workings of the brain. Genetic engineered mouse brains respond to temperature and electric current with the flick of a switch. This research could help people with mental health issues.
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xHamster wants to get in on the action… the Netflix action. The pornography heavyweight has extended an offer to the popular streaming service to produce the third season of its original sci-fi drama series Sense8. The proposal comes a few weeks after Netflix – somewhat out of the blue – revealed its intention not to renew the show for a third season, despite critical acclaim and solid cult following. But xHamster wants to keep it going: “We know it’s unconventional, but we want to bring [Sense8] back.” And no, they’re not talking about doing an X-themed parody of the show,…...

Mortgage StrategyLondon mayor pushes for more affordable homes on public landMortgage StrategyAt least half of the new homes built on London public land will have to be affordable to benefit from faster planning permission, according to the capital's mayor, Sadiq Khan. Khan made the announcement yesterday in a new approach to property ...ES Views: Was Khan right to pull the plug on the Garden Bridge?Evening StandardLondon mayor sets out new rules for affordable housingThe Construction IndexKhan releases finalised supplementary planning guidanceThe PlannerThe Guardianall 28 news articles »

A team of researchers from the Australian National University have discovered what could be a huge clue in understanding how animal life emerged on Earth. They claim that when Earth melted from an icy snowball, the resulting flood of nutrients sparked the evolution of complex ecosystems.
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AIN ISSA, Syria (Reuters) - Washington's main Syrian ally in the fight against Islamic State says the U.S. military will remain in northern Syria long after the jihadists are defeated, predicting enduring ties with the Kurdish-dominated region.

CNNWhy whiskey tastes better with a little waterCNN(CNN) If anyone has suggested adding a little water to your whiskey, you may want to give it a try. Rather than watering it down, the addition may act as a flavor enhancement, and we now know the science behind it, thanks to a new study. The ...The best way to drink whiskey, according to scienceWashington PostShould you add water to whisky? New research says it DOES make it taste betterExpress.co.ukNot so neat: Why you should add water to your whiskeySFGateDeccan Chronicle -The Verge -Discover Magazine (blog) -The Telegraphall 32 news articles »

Cornwall LiveThese 233 businesses have been named and shamed for not paying the national minimum wageCornwall LiveScores of Cornish workers are in line for a payback after the taxman ruled they were not being paid the national minimum wage. More than 13,000 low paid workers will be handed a total of £2million after a Government investigation led to a name and ...What is the 'Minimum Wage' and how much should I be earning an hour? All your questions answeredMirror.co.ukREVEALED: The Bradford businesses which failed to pay minimum or living wageBradford Telegraph and ArgusArgos forced to hand out £1.5m to underpaid...

China and Russia pushed on Tuesday (Aug 15) for talks to defuse the “confrontational spiral” between the US and North Korea after Kim Jong-Un stepped back from a planned missile strike...
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A Syrian rebel group said it shot down a government warplane on Tuesday and captured its pilot alive near a ceasefire zone in the war-ravaged country’s south. The Ahmad al-Abdo Forces shot down...
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Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Tuesday, after North Korea’s Kim Jong-Un postponed a threat to fire missiles towards the US territory of Guam, that Washington remains ready for talks. But...
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SpaceX is poised to launch an unmanned cargo ship toward the International Space Station Monday, including a super-computer that could direct astronauts on future deep-space missions. The liftoff of...
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Nuclear-armed North Korea mocked President Donald Trump as “bereft of reason” Thursday (Aug 10), raising the stakes in their stand-off with an unusually detailed plan to send a salvo of...
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North Korea said on Wednesday (Aug 9) that it is considering strikes near US strategic military installations in Guam with its intermediate range ballistic missiles, state news agency KCNA reported....
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President Donald Trump issued an apocalyptic warning to North Korea on Tuesday, saying it faces “fire and fury” over its missile program, after US media reported Pyongyang has...
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The US Marine Corps may ground its entire air fleet for a safety review following the crash of an Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft in Australia that killed three Marines, a defense official said Monday....
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The Pentagon has issued new guidance to the military allowing installations in the United States to shoot down commercial or private drones deemed to be a threat, officials said on Monday (Aug 7)....
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Turkey sent artillery units to the border with Syria Saturday, where its army regularly clashes with Kurdish militia, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported. A military convoy with at least five...
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